Point of View with Phemelo Motene
Point of View with Phemelo Motene, delves into the day’s current affairs, touching on real issues and sharing expert advice on the audience questions between 8pm to 10pm Mondays to Thursdays.
In conversation with Dr Masechaba Shai on her journey of healing as a widow.
HEALING HOUR: In conversation with Dr Masechaba Shai on her journey of healing from the loss of her husband. Mmasechaba Shai, actor Patrick Shai's widow, is starting a foundation to help widows find their voices It's literally the worst time of her life. Her husband, who was her lover and…
Joburg City Council’s extra-ordinary council sitting.
Stay of execution for Joburg mayor as Speaker delays vote of no confidence Johannesburg mayor Mpho Phalatse will not face a motion of no confidence later this week. Instead, she will remain in her position at least until the next ordinary council meeting this month. According to the DA in…
A look at the GBVF Summit.
GBVF Summit: ‘SA men responsible for ending ‘barbaric acts’ – Ramaphosa President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday addressed the second Presidential Summit on Gender-Based Violence and Femicide (GBVF) in Midrand. The goal of the summit is to hold government and stakeholders accountable for the National Strategic Plan on Gender-Based Violence and…
Commuters unhappy with PUTCO and its ticketing system.
Putco Soweto commuters picket over new ticketing system, buses set alight Putco services in Soweto were disrupted by a protest at its bus depot on Monday, while in a separate incident buses were set alight at another of its depots. Chairperson of the Batho Pele Soweto Commuters Forum, Mandla Cebekhulu,…
Senzo Mchunu, ANC, NEC member & minister of water & sanitation.
ONE-ON-ONE WITH A NEWSMAKER Edward Senzo Mchunu, is a South African politician currently serving as Minister of Water and Sanitation. He served as Minister of Public Service and Administration from 2019 to 2021. He previously served as Premier of KwaZulu-Natal from 22 August 2013 until 23 May 2016. (as acting…
HEALTH & WELLNESS: Stroke awareness week.
On World Stroke Day, celebrated on the 29th of October, the Heart and Stroke Foundation South Africa (HSFSA) warns that this Stroke Awareness Month, we need to remember the high burden of heart disease and strokes on our citizens. The Heart and Stroke Foundation South Africa (HSFSA) is calling on…
A look at gun violence in Gauteng.
Gauteng has emerged as the centre of gun violence and crime after National Police commissioner Fannie Masemola revealed that in July alone, Gauteng accounted for 1035 firearms that were confiscated by the police during their month-long crime prevention efforts. This was revealed by the national commissioner during his media briefing…
SADTU concerned about rolling blackouts as matric exams start.
Over 900 000 matric learners are expected to write English Paper 1 on Monday and SADTU says rolling blackouts will have a negative impact. The South African Democratic Teachers Union (SADTU) has raised its concerns about the impact of rolling blackouts on the National Senior Certificate (NSC) exams. More than…
Public sector workers go on strike after wage talks with Government collapse.
The Public Servants Association (PSA) has already declared a dispute and served government with notice. The PSA's Claude Naicker said that they would start picketing on Thursday. Public sector workers are planning to embark on mass-scale industrial action this week, following the collapse of wage talks with government. Claude Naicker,…
Mandi Vundla - founder of Poetry Zone & Brave Spoken Youth Poetry Institute.
Soweto Born Writer with a blood line that runs through KZN. The Co-editor of ‘Home Is Where The Mic Is’: an international poetry anthology of performance poets reshaping the face of poetry post 1994. The undefeated two time Word N Sound poetry slam champ has been working actively in the…
Nomsa Manaka continues to Dance out of Cancer.
Nomsa Manaka Nomsa Manaka, an acclaimed artist and icon from Soweto will be presenting her show: Dancing out of Cancer at Soweto Theatre on Sunday 30th October. The show will showcase the talented and diverse dancers , from the Nomsa Manaka Dance Studio in Soweto. The dancers are diverse in…
Zoo hopes to debunk myths about owls.
In South Africa Owls generally have a very negative reputation due to mainly cultural and traditional beliefs (i.e. they are believed to bring bad luck and death and are also believed to be associated with witchcraft). Because of this negative reputation and associated beliefs owls are often persecuted and killed…
Rishi Sunak faces a very different economy to the the one he left as Chancellor.
As the incoming UK prime minister, Rishi Sunak has the immediate advantage of perceived success in his two years as chancellor. His tenure ended last July when he resigned due to a difference of opinion with then-prime minister Boris Johnson over the economy. But during his time as chancellor, he…
Sandton terror alert.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has criticised the US, saying it jumped the gun by issuing a terror alert for Sandton, Johannesburg, before speaking to local authorities. “It’s unfortunate that the US government issued that type of warning without having had deep dive-type discussions with us,” said Ramaphosa on Thursday. Speaking after…
LETS TALK RELATIONSHIPS: Has being Mr nice guy worked well for your marriage?
Maybe the saying nice guys finish last applies to dating when you’re young. It always seemed that girls always went for a certain type of guy. The same guy that hurts her and disappoints her but she always went back to him. She turned to her guy friend who was…
Exclusion of Ashley Sauls from Mpho Phalatse's reconstituted executive.
Mpho Phalatse's first day back: Locked out but working virtually ahead of 2nd no-confidence vote Alex Patrick • Johannesburg Mayor Mpho Phalatse and her MMCs are back in power after a court ruling, but they have been locked out of their council offices. • In the interim, the coalition is…
Ekuruleni's council sitting – Vote Of No Confidence in mayor Tanya Campbell.
Democratic Alliance (DA) member, Tania Campbell will have to clean her desk following her removal as Ekurhuleni mayor. The City of Ekurhuleni held its council sitting on Wednesday, where Campbell was ousted through a ANC-sponsored motion of no confidence. 100 councillors voted in favour of her removal, while 93 councillors…
Reaction to e-tolls.
After a decade of defiance, seven transport ministers and billions in uncollectable debt, government has finally acknowledged the end of e-tolls, with Minister Godongwana’s MTBPS including transfer of R23.7bn from Treasury to Sanral Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana ended e-tolls today, tabling bills that transfer R23.736 billion from national government to…
Scrapping of e-tolls.
National government will take on 70% of Sanral's debt, but Gauteng has to come up with a plan to collect the remainder, with e-tolls as one of the options. Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana has thrown the ball back into the Gauteng provincial government’s court, allowing them the privilege to…
The deep rot that exists at license departments.
State losing R3bn in fraudulent licence disc scams A whopping R3 billion has been lost due to the fraudulent issuing of licence discs, according to Road, Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) chief executive Makhosini Msibi. Speaking at a media briefing in Tshwane on Monday, Msibi said Gauteng, Mpumalanga, and the Free…